Figure toy



M. A. BREWER.

FIGURE T OY. APPLICATION FILED DEC"26,1919.

Patented Jam 10, 11922.,

STATES taouitrnn A. BREWER, or srrmnrs, rrr'sso'um.

FIGURE TOY.

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Application filed December 26, 1919.

To all whom it may concewt.

Be it known that I, hionn'rnn A. BREWER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Figure Toy, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to the art of mechanical toys of the type designed to represent animals and persons.

The object of my invention is to provide a toy representing a mule being followed by a man with a club, or stick in one. of his hands and each time the man strikes the mule, the mule will kick the man backwardly into an inclined position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy having a mule, or other animal figure and a man with a stick in one hand mounted upon a wheel supported base, mechanism whereby as the wheel supported base is pushed forwardly, or rearwardly the animal figure raises both hind legsto a substantially horizontal position and in such kicking movements kicks the man with the stick in his hand rearwardly into an inclined position and the animal figure assumes his natural position again the mechanism will pull the man with the stick in his hand back to his natural position with the stick landing on the animals back which again causes the animal to kick if the toy is rolled along upon the floor, or a table.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in certain novel features' of construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and finally pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification wherein like characters of'reference denote similar parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1, is a sectional view partly in side elevation taken on line 1--1 of Fig. 2, of a figure toy constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2, is a top plan view of the figure toy.

Referring to the drawing, the reference character 1 indicates a suitable base. 2 indicates the rear wheels fixed to an axle 3 which is mounted in the bearings et.

5 indicates the front wheels which are fixed to a front crank axle 6 which is mounted in the bearings 7. The front end of the platform base 1 is cut away, as at 8, to per- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jam, 1@, 1932 2,

Serial No. 347,565.

mit the crank portion 9 of the front crank axle 6 to freely turn when the toy is rolled upon the floor or a'table top.

The animal figure which, as illustrated represents a mule, consists of the suitably spaced body plates 10 and 10, the back member 11, the front legs 12 and 12, the rear legs 13 and 13, the neck 14 includin the head 15. b

The front legs 12 and 12 of the animal figure are fixed to a cross-shaft 16 at their upper ends and their feet are each fixed to the base 1 by means of an extension, or tongue 17 glued or otherwise fixed to the base 1. The neck 14 is pivotally mounted on a stationary, or fixed cross-shaft 16 and interposed between the body plates 10 and 10 in advance of the back member 11. The rear legs 13 and 13" are suitably fixed to a movable cross-shaft 18 supported by the body plates 10 and 10.

The head 15 of the animal figure is connected with the crank portion 9 of the front axle 6 by means of a wire connection 19. The neck 14 is provided with an arm 20 to which is connected the forward end of a wire member 21. ire member 21 is connected at its rear end to an arm 22 fixed to the movable cross-shaft 18. The forward end of a wire member 23 is also connected to the arm 20, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The human figure which, as illustrated represents a man is designated 24. One leg, designated 25, of the man 241 passes through an opening 26, in base 1, and is pivotally mounted, as at 27. The other leg, designated 28, is positioned in advance of leg 27 and the foot 28 of leg 28, is adapted to rest upon the base 1 when the human figure is in its normal position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. When the human figure is in a normal position, the animal figure is also in normal position with all four feet resting upon the base 1, as is manifest. The right arm 29 of the human figure 24: is fixed to the body and extends therefrom in a slight upwardly inclined position. A. suitable stick, or club 30 is fixed to and extends from the right arm 29 and rests upon the back member 11, when the figures are in their normal position, as clearly shown in full lines in Fig. 1. The left arm 31 of the man is also fixed to the figure and extends forwardly and slightly downwardly from the body of the man, so that when the mule raises his rear legs the rear leg 13 will come into contact with the fist 32, of arm 31 when the animals legs 13 has raisedjto the position as shown in dotted lines desigdesignated- 13, it moves or kicks the human figure rearwardly into the inclined position shown in dot-ted lines iniFig; 1.' The mules neck and head move downwardly as the rear legs move upwardly and rear-' wardly.-

Therear end of the wire connecting member-23 passes through an eye-member 33 fixed to the leg 25 of the human figure 24: and is providedat its extremity with a bent end134. a

' The operation of the herein described figure toy is as follows:

Assuming the toy is standing in a neutral, or natural position, as shown in Fig. 1, and the toy is then rolled forwardly upon the floor, or a tabletop. Such movement of the toy will cause the crank 9 which is now, in its uppermost position, to move downwardly thereby pulling the animals head and neck" downwardly until the crank 9 reaches its lowermost position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. 'lhisjdownward movement of the. crank 9, neck 1% and head 15, causes the wire connection 21 to move the arm of cross-shaft 18 to the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, which shaft in turn moves the animals rear legs to the position shown in dotted lines, designated B lV hen the rear leg-13 hasreached the position shown in dotted linesQdesigriated Agin its kicking movement, it suddenly comes into contact with the fist EQ-Ott'he mans left arm 31 which kicks the human. figure, owing tothe pivot connection 27; into the inclined position shown in dotted lines in'i ig. 1, thereby removingthe stick 30 from contact with the back member 11 of the animal figure. I I l 7 Now, as the crank 9 moves from its'lowermost position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, to its uppermost position, as shown in full lines, the wire connection 19 raises the animals head 15 and neck 14 back to its normal position, and in so doing, the wire member 21 brings the aniinals rear legs 13 back to their normal position while simultaneously thereby, the-wire member 23 will pull the human figure 24; back to his natural upright position, due to the fact that the bent end 34 of the wire member will engage the eye-member 33 andthere raise the.in clined human figure 24, as is manifest. Just as the human figurefi l' reaches his upright position the stick, orclub 30 again landson the back member 11', of the animal figure, as is manifest. I I

In the kicking movement of theanimal, it will be observed, thatthe human figure is not moved until therear leg 13, of the animalfigurereaches the position shown in dotted lines, des gnated A.

During this kicking movement of the animal figure,the end of the wire connecting member 841 slides freely through the eye-member 33, as manifest, to permit free downward move ment of the animals neck and head, i

1 The construction and operation of the herein 6 "rihed figure toy will be readily apparent to those skilled in'the art to which it appertains."

I do not wish to be understood as having limited myself to the details of construcmay be made in the exact construction and particular arrangementof parts ithout departing from the spirit of my-invention,

hence l: reserve the right to make'any such changes or modifications as may 'fairly fall within the scope oi the appended claims when fairly construed. l fhatllclaim is:

1 In a figure toy, a wheel supported base, an animal figure having its front legs fixed to said base for supporting the animal figure upon the base, a connection between the front wheels of the base and the neck of the animal figure to actuate the neok'up and down upon movement of the base, ac onnection between the neck and the hind legs of the animal figure toelevate the hind legs in unison with the downward movement ofthe neck and head of the animal figure, ahuman figure having one leg plvotallyjconnectedito said base to the rear of theanimal figureQa stick fixed to and extending from one arm ot the human figure adapted torest on the body member of the animal figure when. the

two figures stand in their normal position, said figure adapted to be moved re'arwardly.

into an inclined-position through the leg to said base for supporting the animal figure thereon, a. connection between the front wheels of the base and theneck of the ani nected to said base, said figure adaptedto be I moved into; an inclined ,positionthrough the elevating movement of the hind legs of the animal figure and means connecting the human figure with the neck of the animal figure for returning the animal figure to its normal upright position in unison with the return movement of the hind legs of the animal figure to their normal standing position.

3. In a figure toy, wheel supported base, an animal figure mounted on the base and including rigid forelegs, pivotallv supported hind legs, a body fixed to said iorelegs, a neck pivc-tally connected to the body and a head for said neck, a human figure mounted on the base to the rear of said animal figure including a leg pivotally connected to said base, a fixed arm having a stick extending herelrom adapted to normally rest upon the animal figure and a fixed arm extending into the path of movement of one of the hind legs of the animal figure, means for elevating the hind legs of the animal figure'to cause one of the hind legs to strike one arm of the human figure and throw it into an inclined position. with the stick removed from the back of the animal figure and means for restoring the animal figure and human figure to their normal positions after the kicking action of the animal, figure.

4. In a figure toy, a wheel supported base, an animal figure mounted upon the base, a human figure pivotally supported upon the base to the rear of the animal figure, a stick carried by the human figure to normally rest upon the back of the animal figure, means for lowering the head and neck of the animal figure by rolling the wheel supported base over a plane surface, means to simultaneously elevate the hind legs of the animal figure with the lowering movement of the head and neck and means connecting one leg of the human figure with the neck of the animal figure for restoring the human figure to a normal position with the elevating movement of the neck.

5. In a figure toy, a base, a rear axle, wheels fixed to said axle, a front axle having a crank ection, wheels fixed to said axle, an animal figure having rigid forelegs fixedly mounted on said base, hind legs movably supported by the body of the animal figure with their feet normally resting upon the base, a neck including a head pivotally connected to the body of said animal figure with the head. normally elevated, a connection between the head of the animal figure and said crank section of the front axle, means for connecting the neck of the animal figure with the hind legs thereof to elevate the hind legs in unison with the downward movement of the neck and head, a human figure having one leg pivotally connected with the base to the rear of the animal figure and one foot normally resting upon the base, said figure having one arm slightly elevated and one arm slightly dropped, a stick extending from the elevated arm adapted to rest upon the back of the animal figure when both figures are in their normal positions, said human figure adapted to be moved into a rearwardly inclined position and the stick removed from engagement with the back of the animal figure when the hind legs of the animal figure are elevated due to rolling movement of the base and means for restoring the animal. figure and human figure to their normal position after each kicking action of the animal figure.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to the specification.

MOULTRE A. BREWVER. 

